Telephone call-list.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES MICHAELIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TELEPHONE CALL-LIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent No. 701,596, dated June 3, 190s.

Application tiled November 16 1901. Serial No. 82,7595. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOsEs MIcHAELIs, of New York, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone Call-Lists, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a telephone calllist that is an improved construction of the commonly-called hello-list which is used for registering the names and telephone-number of firms or persons most frequently f called up on the telephone, so as to have in a simple and compact form a convenientand ready reference-list.

To this endthe invention consists of a telephone call-list comprising certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-.

Figure l is a front View of the telephone call-list with the cover shown in part. Fig. 2 is a section thereof on line 2 2, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the telephone call-list, showing the same with the sheets in open position. Y,

Similar lettersof reference indicate correspending parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the back of the telephone call-list, preferably of stiff cardboard or wood, and is provided at its upper end with means A for suspending the,

call-list on the wall conveniently to the telephone. Secured to the back A'is a plurality of sheets S, forming a pad-like arrangement consisting of sheets which vary uniformly in length and arranged with their lower edges evenly disposed, so that part of the front face of each sheet extends beyond the upper edge of the preceding sheet and is thus Yexposed in order to provide for the index characters c of the call-list. The sheets S are approximately the same width as the back A and vary in length uniformly from about one-half vto the full length thereof and are secured in a step arrangement, with the shortest sheet in the front. Each sheet is provided with the score s transversely thereof and at the same,` distance from the upper edge, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to facilitate the turning down of the sheets. To bind the sheets together, the staples s' are used and are provided at opposite side edges of the sheety slightly below the scoring of alternate sheets, as shown in Fig. 2. The pad thus formed is glued with the back of the longest sheet to the backnA.

In order to hold the sheets S in closed position, so as to protect them, and'to facilitate the use of the device in the best manner, there Ais provided the cover C, which is slightly smaller than the front sheet of the pad and is hinged at the bottom edge of the back, so as to be opened with the sheets S, but maintained in closed position by the spring-actuated guard D, secured in staples or eyelets d in the bottom edge of the back A.

When it is desired to refer to the list, the proper sheet is ascertained by the index-letters, and the sheets and cover are then pressed down against the tension of the spring-actuated guard and held in such position until the telephone-number is ascertained, whereupon they are released, and the list closes under the tension of the spring-actuated guard.

In this construction of a call-list a simple, inexpensive, and' useful device is obtained which is so arranged as to serve its purpose in a .highly effectual and convenient manner.

Havingv thus described myA invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent- A telephone call-list, consisting of a back having a suspension device attached to its upper end, a cover hinged to the lower end of said back and covering the lower half of the same, al plurality of sheets of uniformly-increasinglength from the front to the back shcet between said cover and back, said sheets being evenly disposed at their lower edges and having extending portions provided at the upper edges of said sheets which project successively each beyond the preceding one,

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